Yesterday I covered the Best Supporting Actor Oscar lineup, which seems like the most predictable acting category this year (see why in Tuesday’s post). Let’s continue our Oscar coverage with Best Supporting Actress. Here’s a little bit of fun trivia: this is the fourth consecutive year that this category sees Read More…
Abroad: RedBall Project Artist Kurt Perschke invites you to interact, touch and play with his public sculpture, a 15 foot 250 pound blowup ball. Since his first project in St Louis, he has been installing the same vinyl red ball in cities worldwide such as Abu Dhabi, Taipei and Barcelona. Read More…
Warren Hellman’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass concerts have been a staple of the Bay Area music scene for a decade, so it was only fitting that when Hellman passed away late last year, his team of organizers set about signing artists for a commemorative concert that eventually took place this past Read More…
With the Academy Awards less than a week away, a lot of film-related conversations of late have revolved around the event. Most award bodies, such as the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards, have already revealed their picks for 2011. Oscar pundits across the internet are taking final stabs Read More…
Daniel Handler is the author of the children’s books known as, “A Series of Unfortunate Events”. Recently, he collaborated with artist Maira Kalman on a new book entitled “Why We Broke Up,” a story about the end of a relationship between two high school students from very different worlds. I Read More…
Starting this Tuesday through Sunday, San Francisco’s annual Noise Pop festival comes back for its 20th year! One of the biggest indie music, art and film events in the Bay Area, Noise Pop will span across venues throughout SF, as well as the Fox Theater in Oakland as well. Headliners Read More…
What’s up y’all? A little over a week ago was the anniversary of the legendary producer James Dewitt Yancey’s (a.k.a. Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla) passing. So, aside from the fact that I’m still a week behind on anything and everything in the world (I have roughly 30 books to read Read More…
If you’re looking for some classy, but bawdy fun this week, head over to the Berkeley Repertory Theater to see “A Doctor in Spite of Himself.” This play was written by the mid-17th century French playwright Moliere, who is considered to be one of the great masters of comedy. Lessing Read More…
Whether thousands of miles away or right in our backyards, the art world is constantly abuzz with news, events, openings and innovations. Each week I will bring you some of the week’s highlights from Abroad, US, San Francisco, East Bay and the Campus Area. Welcome to State of the Art.
So guys, about last night… Yup, the Grammys have come and gone once again this year. We got to see everything from the dance party led by David Guetta and Deadmau5 to the Beach Boys reunion performance, to Chris Brown dancing around on stage with some flying squirrels — I Read More…
